As the women and their families looked on from the front row of a courtroom, Henri Morris, who has been president of Solid Software Solutions, admitted to his crimes, which were described aloud in detail by a federal prosecutor.

The women had accompanied Morris on business trips during which Morris, 67, tainted their drinks with drugs that left them incapacitated and with memory loss, according to a report read aloud by prosecutor Sherri Zack.

In multiple instances, the women recalled drinking an alcoholic beverage with Morris, whose company did business as Edible Software Solutions, then waking up hours later nude and confused, according to Zack.

She described an instance in which a woman awoke to the see Morris standing over her and taking photographs with his cellular phone.

Under an agreement with prosecutors, Morris would serve one year in federal prison and spend the rest of his life under federal supervision.

He will also have to register as a sex offender, according to Zack.

If U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon decides to sentence Morris to more than a year, he will have the option of withdrawing his guilty plea and asking that prosecutors try and prove their case at trial.

One of his victims said she had hoped Morris would serve more than a year.

The woman, who is not being identified by the Chronicle, said other women need to learn from her experience. Her lesson: always watch your drink, and don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself, including contacting authorities about anyone, including your boss.

“He may look like a perfectly normal person, but he is not,” she said outside the courtroom. “He is a monster.”

Edible Software Solutions said Morris has not been affiliated with the company for more than a year.